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David Ward

University of ReadingPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0003-4829-0441 · 3 papers)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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David WardiD3 papers · University of Washington

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:imaging· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:Bayesian inference· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1

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Vicarious trauma primes innate immunity and reconfigures human brain networks

Byeol Kim Lux, Melanie C. Kos, David Ward, Fred Kolling, Xin Li, Claudia Jakubzick, Tor Dessart Wager

This study examines how vicarious trauma affects human brain networks and immune responses through fMRI, autonomic physiology, and gene expression in monocytes.

bioRxiv · Jan 6, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Differences in brain activity during sentence repetition in people who stutter: a combined analysis of four fMRI studies

Birtan Demirel, Jennifer Chesters, Emily L. Connally, PATRICIA M. GOUGH, David Ward, Peter Howell, Kate Emma Watkins

This study pools fMRI data from four studies to compare brain activity during sentence repetition in people who stutter and fluent controls, finding some group differences at uncorrected thresholds.

bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

No Evidence of Altered Language Laterality in People Who Stutter across Different Brain Imaging Studies of Speech and Language

Birtan Demirel, Jennifer Chesters, Emily L. Connally, PATRICIA M. GOUGH, David Ward, Peter Howell, Kate Emma Watkins

This study examines language lateralization in people who stutter using fMRI and finds no evidence of altered lateralization compared to typically fluent speakers.

Brain Communications · Jan 1, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience